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Canvas @ Yale Help Site
Topics
- Fall 2020 Course Support Resources 4
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Setting Up Your Course Site
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- Quick Start Guide for Instructors
- Setting Up Your Canvas Course
- Setting Up Student Accommodations in Canvas
- Setting Up Your Syllabus
- How do I post my Syllabus in Canvas?
- How do I publish or unpublish my Canvas course?
- Canvas Video Guides
- Global Navigation (Vendor Guides)
- Course Navigation (Vendor Guides)
- Settings (Vendor Guides)
- Course Import Tool (Vendor Guides)
- Courses and Sections (Vendor Guide)
- Rich Content Editor (Vendor Guide)
- How to Favorite your Course
- How do I re-organize my Course Navigation?
- How can I see what the students see?
- How Do I Change My Course Name and Course Number in Canvas?
- How to Change Course End Date
- Copy Content from One Canvas Course Into Another Canvas Course
- Course Sections - Time, Date, and Location Visibility
- Using the Rich Content Editor
- How to Request a Sandbox Course
- Canvas @ Yale Umbrella Sites
- How Do I Create A Custom Link in My Course Navigation Using the Redirect Tool?
- Courses in Past Terms
- How to unlock courses in past terms
- How do I restore deleted items?
- Course Reserves in Canvas Course
- Supported Browsers
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Getting Started with Zoom
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- Setting up your Zoom account
- Configuring your microphone, speakers and camera in Zoom
- Logging in the Zoom application with your Yale credentials
- Link a Yale Email to a Yale Zoom Account
- Logging into the Zoom app on your device using your Yale credentials
- Resolving Zoom Errors (Error 2216 / Error 1001)
- Adding a passcode or waiting room to Canvas Zoom meetings
- Recording Zoom to the Cloud for Proctoring
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User Management
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- People (Vendor Guides)
- Groups (Vendor Guides)
- Attendance/Roll Call (Vendor Guides)
- Profile and User Settings (Vendor Guides)
- Course Roles
- Roles and Permissions
- How do I add users to my course?
- How do I edit user roles in a course?
- People Tool versus Photo Roster
- Photo Roster Tool
- How do I Create Groups?
- Accessing Group Sites
- Activating the Attendance Tool
- Restricting Teaching Fellow’s Access to Specific Sections
- Creating Manually Created Course Sections
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Assignments
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- Assignments (Vendor Guides)
- Discussions (Vendor Guides)
- Quizzes (Vendor Guides)
- Rubrics (Vendor Guides)
- Creating Weighted Assignments Groups
- How do I Create Assignments?
- How do I Create a Discussion Board?
- How do I Set Availability Dates
- Due Dates versus Display Dates
- Duplicating an Assignment
- How do I Grade Assignments Using SpeedGrader?
- How do I Create Media Recording Assignments?
- How do I Create an Assignment with Turnitin?
- Turnitin Assignment Settings Options
- How do I view a Turnitin Report (Instructor)?
- Building Assessments in Canvas
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Grades
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- New Gradebook (Vendor Guides)
- SpeedGrader (Vendor Guides)
- New Gradebook Features
- New Gradebook Feature Comparison
- Gradebook Views and Filtering
- How to use the Grade Posting Policy
- How to Access SpeedGrader from the New Gradebook
- How do I Grade Assignments Using SpeedGrader?
- How to Change Grading Schemes
- How do I submit audio/video feedback to a student?
- Bulk Import Grades into Gradebook
- Anonymous Grading
- Pages 1
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Files Management
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- Files (Vendor Guides)
- Collaboration (Vendor Guides)
- How do I upload a file to a course?
- How do I create folders in my course "Files" area?
- How do I delete file or folder from a course
- Files and File Storage Quotas in Canvas
- Using the Content Selector Panel to Attach Files
- Embedding Box into a Canvas Course
- How do I create a zip file?
- Recording and sharing videos to the Media Library in Canvas
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Media Library
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- What is the Media Library tool?
- How do I add media files to the media library?
- How do I create a video assignment?
- How can I share a video?
- How can I share a folder?
- How can I see other folders I have access to?
- What are the search features?
- How do I move my media?
- How can I copy/move multiple items to another folder?
- How instructors and students can comment in video?
- How can I see viewing habits?
- How do I record my own videos using Panopto Recorder?
- How do I migrate Media Library course content from one library to another?
- How do I find and move content that was in Media Gallery?
- How do I add and edit captions?
- Recording and sharing videos to the Media Library in Canvas
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Poll Everywhere
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- Logging in to Poll Everywhere
- Installing the Poll Everywhere desktop application
- Creating Polls in Poll Everywhere
- Customize your Poll
- Inserting and Running Polls in PowerPoint on Windows
- Inserting and Running Polls in PowerPoint or Keynote on Mac
- Importing a Course Roster
- Exporting Poll Results to Canvas Gradebook
- Additional Resources
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Zoom in Canvas
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- Enabling Zoom within a Canvas course
- Scheduling Zoom meetings within Canvas
- Adding a Co-Host / Alternative Host for a Zoom Meeting
- Displaying & Joining Zoom Meetings from Canvas
- Inviting Guests To Your Zoom Session
- Zoom Cloud Recordings - Accessing, Downloading, Sharing via Media Library
- Zoom Local Recordings - Accessing and Sharing via Media Library
- Using the Zoom/Panopto (Media Library) Integration
- Making the most of teaching through Zoom
- Zoom and Zoom HIPAA in Canvas
- Zoom and YUL Zoom
- Strategies for Discussion/Lab Section Zoom Schedules
- Modules 3
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Communication
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- Announcements (Vendor Guides)
- Calendar (Vendor Guides)
- Chat (Vendor Guides)
- Conferences (Vendor Guides)
- Conversations/Inbox (Vendor Guides)
- How do I Communicate with my Students?
- How do I Create an Announcement?
- How do I use the Email Lists tool?
- How to Set Office Hours (Scheduler Tool)
- How do I use the Sign-Up Tool?
- Receiving Announcements and Inbox Messages Created by You
- Course Analytics and Reports 5
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Best Practices, Training, and Resources
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- Canvas How-To Articles (Vendor Guides)
- Canvas Accessibility (Vendor Guides)
- Beginning of Term Checklist
- Quick Start Guide for Instructors
- Setting Up Your Canvas Course
- Setting Up Your Syllabus
- Tips on Importing Course Content
- Instructor Notification Recommendations
- Best Practices for File Storage
- Implementing Online Discussions
- Strategies for Delivering Exams in Canvas
- Implementing Peer Review Assessments
- General Accessibility Guidelines
- Training Opportunities
- Supported Browsers
- Canvas @ Yale Flyers & Brochures
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External Apps to use with Canvas @ Yale
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- External Application Overview
- Overview of ALLY in Canvas
- External App: Cengage Learning
- External App: Examity
- External App: ExamSoft
- External App: Faculty Enlight
- External App: Gradescope
- External App: Gradescope - Creating the Canvas Assignment
- External Apps: Labster
- External App: LibGuides
- External App: LinkedIn Learning
- External App: MobLab
- External App: Moodle + WIRIS
- External App: Perusall
- External App: Perusall - Integrating with Canvas
- Making Reading Engaging with Perusall
- Copying a Perusall Course to a New Course
- External App: Piazza Q&A
- External App: PlayPosit
- External App: Poll Everywhere - Getting Started (Instructor)
- External App: Poll Everywhere - How do I import a course roster
- External App: Post'Em
- External App: Quizlet
- External App: Respondus LockDown Browser
- External App: Turnitin
- How do I Create an Assignment with Turnitin?
- Turnitin Assignment Settings Options
- How do I view a Turnitin Report (Instructor)?
- External App: VoiceThread
- External App: VoiceThread Assignment Builder
- External App: WileyPLUS
- External App: WordPress in Canvas
- External App: Zoom
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FAQ
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- Where are my courses? I'm teaching a course but I do not see it on my Dashboard page.
- I just posted an Announcement - why didn't I get a copy in my Yale email account?
- I just sent an Inbox message - why didn't I get a copy in my Yale email?
- How do I find my student's residential college?
- What is the "Hidden Files" folder in my Files area?
- Why is my Canvas course name different than past years?
- Why are my TAs grades not being saved in SpeedGrader? / How do I avoid over-writing my co-graders in SpeedGrader?
- How do I review my students name pronunciations or pronouns?